Primates are smart, flexible, and adaptive creatures. How have they responded to changes in climate over millions of years? Climate is the major factor that determines where a species can and ...

What features distinguish primates from other mammals? This question is of central importance to Biological Anthropology - the study of primate adaptation and evolution. In addition to having ...

Research indicates that the complex behaviors used in human language and tool making, such as organizing actions into ...

We need to know how humans look different from other primates so we can trace the anatomical changes that occurred to get to that point. Q: What can lemurs tell us about the evolution of human ...

A new study suggests that gut microbes played a key role in the evolution of larger brains in primates by influencing energy ...

Take a closer look at your hands—they carry millions of years of evolutionary history, connecting you to our closest primate ...

Microbes supporting the production of more metabolic energy could be key to the evolution of large brains. Microbes that ...

By Dr. Chinta Sidharthan Researchers reveal how gut microbes shape metabolic strategies to fuel larger brains, offering a ...